Masculinity, Autocracy and the Russian University, 1804-1863

This is the first book-length study of masculinity in Imperial Russia. By looking at official and unofficial life at universities across the Russian empire, this project offers a picture of the complex processes through which gender ideologies were forged and negotiated in the Nineteenth Century. Masculinity, Autocracy and the Russian University, 1804-1863 demonstrates how gender was critical to political life in a European monarchy.

Auteur
REBECCA FRIEDMAN is Assistant Professor of History at Florida International University in Miami. She is the co-editor of the collection Russian Masculinities in History and Culture (Palgrave Macmillan, 2002).

Contenu
Introduction: Revising Old Narratives: Masculinity and Autocracy in the Nineteenth Century The Autocracy's Administrative Ideal Tavern Sociability Fraternities, Dueling and Student Honor Friendship, Romance and Romantic Friendship Loyal Sons and the Domestic Ideal Conclusions